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Show DANIEL O'CONNEL IN FRENCH. The French are taking a great inter-est inter-est in the character of Daniel O'Con-nell. O'Con-nell. Recently a very good biography of the great Liberator has been written writ-ten by M. Godre. O'Connell's deep religious re-ligious nature appeals to Catholic ! France. It is so remarkable for French-1 French-1 men to find a public man whose influence influ-ence is exerted over the great forces of j his day and who is at the same time a sincere, devout Christian. Daniel O'Connell was all this: a great man, a public servant, an agitator the destiny of millions, and all the '. while he had a prayerful spirit and a ' devout heart. . The Catholic World .Magazine for June publishes a pleasing sketch of the meeting between Montalembert and O'Connell. They were kindred spirits working on the same lines, with the same great aims in view. Lacordaire pronounced the latter's panegyric in Notre Dame in 1S47. |